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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:Wangshi Garden, Suzhou, Jiangsu.jpg|thumb|Wangshi Garden, Suzhou, Jiangsu]]<br /> '''Wangshi (Master of the Nets) Garden''' ('''网师园''') is a key cultural relic site under state protection, occupying 0.53 hectares on Shiquan Street in [[Suzhou]]. Its predecessor was the Wanjuan (Ten-Thousand Volumes) Hall, alias Yuying (Fisherman's Retreat), owned by [[Shi Zhengzhi]], a book collector of the [[Southern Song Dynasty]] (1127-1279). During [[Emperor Qianlong]]'s reign of the [[Qing Dynasty]] (1644-1911), the retired official [[Song Zongyuan]] bought the garden and named it the Wangshi (Master of the Nets) Garden.<br /> <br /> The most striking features of the garden are: all its pavilions are surrounded by water; and small as its size is, the scale of its buildings is large, yet nothing appears cramped.<br /> <br /> Now, Wangshi Garden is unique for its night life, when performances of Kunqu operas, Pingtan ballad-singing, Jiangnan music and other folk arts are staged in its illuminated halls and pavilions.<br /> [[category:tourism]]</div>

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